Fatah spokesman: the ceasefire is holding
For the first time in a week, the fifth Hamas-Fatah ceasefire saw no violations Sunday, a spokesman says. Abdel Hakim Awad, Fatah’s spokesman in Gaza told reporters that the Egyptian-mediated…
Questa settimana in Palestina – Settimana 20 2007
Click on Link to download or play MP3 file ||Time 19m0s|| Questa settimana in Palestina,un servizio dell’ International Middle East Media Center, www.IMEMC.org, per la settimana dal 12 al 18…
Hamas to continue homemade shells fire despite Israeli threats
The Islamic resistance movement (Hamas)vowed Sunday to continue homemade shells fire into Israeli towns despite the Israeli government threats to step up attacks on resistance leaders in Gaza. “ the…
PA denies involvement in U.S efforts to boost Abbas’s forces
Palestinian presidential sources denied Sunday Israeli media reports that claimed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) has involved in U.S-led efforts to boost security services loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas. Nabil…
The Israeli army attack farmers and peace activists near Bethlehem
A massive Israeli army force attacked and beaten up a group of Palestinian farmers and peace activists in Artas village located to the south east of Bethlehem city in the…
Israeli warplanes kill three Palestinians in Gaza, shell parts of Khan Younis
Israeli warplanes attacked a car in Gaza city, killing three Palestinians and opened heavy fire on Palestinian-owned houses in eastern Khan Younis city. Palestinian medical sources identified Mohiye Alserhi,23, Emad…
Leftist PFLP and DFLP protest against internal clashes
The leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) held in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Baraka: “Israel is eliminating the horizons of a peaceful solution”
Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, head of Democratic Front parliamentarian bloc, stated on Saturday that Israel is interested in destroying and eliminating the horizons of a permanent solution with…
Several Palestinian Jerusalem institutions hold a meeting to counter Israeli attacks on them
Several Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the means to counter the Israeli attacks against them, especially the violations carried out by the Jerusalem…
Palestinian Jerusalem institutions hold a meeting to counter Israeli attacks on them
Several Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem held a meeting on Saturday to discuss the means to counter the Israeli attacks against them, especially the violations carried out by the Jerusalem…
Dr Barghouthi confirms gunmen are being withdrawn
Minister of Information and official spokesperson of the Unity Government, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, confirmed on Saturday that all gunmen started to withdraw from the streets of the Gaza Strip, and…
Israeli bulldozers enter Artas village near Bethlehem, group of peace activists attempt to stop them
At least fifty peace activists decided to stay overnight outside of Artas village where Israeli army bulldozers came to prepare for the construction of the wall. Eyewitnesses told IMEMC that…
Five Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources declared Saturday afternoon that five Palestinian residents were shot dead by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza Strip. Dr. Ma’awiya Abu Hasanain, director of emergency department at the…
Rival Palestinian factions come to terms for a new ceasefire
Both rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on Saturday afternoon to a new ceasefire, following Egyptian mediation. The new agreement stipulated withdrawal of the side’s gunmen from streets and…
Palestinian resistance attack invading army troops in Nablus
Local Palestinian resistance groups clamed responsibility for hurling home made bombs at invading Israeli forces in the city of Nablus on Saturday. The Al-Aqsa brigades of Fatah and Naief Abu…
Palestinian resistance shells Sderot
Palestinian resistance groups continued to fire homemade Qassam shells at the Israeli town of Sedirot, located near the Gaza strip on Saturday morning. The Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of…
One civilian killed many more injured due Israeli shelling in northern Gaza strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that at least on Palestinian was killed and many more injured on Saturday midday due to an Israeli shelling to several locations in Beit Hannon town…
Israeli Human rights group: “shelling civilians in Gaza is a war crime”
The Israeli Human Rights group B’Tselem has sent out an urgent letter to the Israeli defense minister Amir Biretz, asking him to stop the army form targeting civilians and infrastructure…
Israeli army invades Nablus and nearby villages
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and nearby Awarta Ausreen and Zawata villages on Saturday morning. Troops attacked the downtown area of Nablus city along with…
Army kidnaps six civilians and searches numerous homes in the West Bank city of Hebron
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces searched scores of Palestinian homes in the southern West Bank city of Hebron and kidnapped six civilians on Saturday morning. Troops attacked and searched…
Israeli troops shell several areas in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Security Sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at dawn that Israeli soldiers shelled several areas in the Gaza Strip, damage was reported, no injuries, the Palestinian WAFA…
Teachers Union slams Israeli abduction of Salfit head of Ministry of Education
The General Teacher Union in the Palestinian territories slammed on Friday the Israeli army for the kidnapping of Sameer Shaheen, head of the Ministry of Education in the West Bank…
Gunmen open fire at a society in Nablus
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that gunmen opened fire at a development society in the Northern Mountain area, in the northern west Bank city of Nablus.The gunmen fired several rounds…
Dr. Barghouthi meets king Abdullah of Jordan
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi met on Friday with King Abdullah of Jordan on the sidelines of the Economic Forum held at the Dead Sea in Jordan.Dr. Barghouthi stated…
Information Minister calls for releasing abducted reporter
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi called for the immediate release of Abdul-Salam Abu Askar, a local reporter who was abducted in Gaza on Friday evening.Barghouthi repeated his calls for…
This Week In Palestine – Week 20 2007
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Two detained, others wounded in anti-wall nonviolent protest in Bethlehem
Around 60 Palestinian, Israeli and International protesters gathered in southern Bethlehem on Friday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba and to protest against the construction of the…
Eight wounded in a nonviolent protest in Bilin
In the West Bank village of Bilin Palestinian and international peace activists marched after the Friday prayer to the construction site of the wall in village. Two Palestinian Parliament Members…
Wad El Joz Municipality Court announces compensation for those affected by heavy rainfall
Mo’ath Za’tari, Head of Wad El Joz Society, has stated that the organization’s lawyer has been able acquire the approval of the Municipality Court to compensate families from the Wad…
Israeli army invades Salfit city and nearby village, kidnaps six civilians
Israeli forces invaded the northern West Bank city of Salfit and the nearby Iskaka village; soldiers searched homes and took six residents to unknown detention camps, on Friday at dawn.…
Israeli army kills a Palestinian child near Bethlehem
Palestinian sources reported on Friday that a Palestinian child died in Beit Jala public hospital, located in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, after being shot by Israeli soldiers…
Three Palestinian children injured as army invades Tulkarem city
Palestinian sources reported that three Palestinian children were injured by Israeli army fire as the latter invaded the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on Thursday night and Friday morning.…
Al Qassam brigades attacks Sderot and the Western Negev
The Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, have declared responsibility for the attacks on Sderot and Askalan city, north of the Gaza Strip. The brigades fired dozens of…
Four Palestinians killed, several injured, in an Israeli air strike in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that the Israeli air force fired missiles at civilian areas east of Gaza City killing four residents and injuring eight others, The…
Baraka: “Killing of the Palestinian driver wasn’t just an incident”
Arab member of Israeli Knesset, Mohammad Baraka, head of the parliamentarian bloc of the Democratic Front in Israel, stated on Thursday that the killing of the Palestinian driver by a…
Hamas’ armed wing denies plan to target Abbas
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, denied on Thursday any plan to target the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas when he return to the…
PCHR report: “Six Palestinians, including an infant in the womb of his mother killed by Israeli gunf
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, published its weekly report on the Israeli violations in the occupied territories in the period between May 10 and May 16.The center reported…
B’Tselem sends an urgent letter to Peretz to bar the army from shelling civilian areas
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, B’Tselem, sent an urgent letter to the Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanding him to bar the army from…
Legislative Council calls for unity, end of clashes
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) issued a press release on the fifty-ninth anniversary of the Nakba and called on the end of all clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in…
Islamic Jihad leader appeals Fateh, Hamas to end clashes
Khalid Jaradat, one of the leaders of the Islamic Jihad, appealed on Thursday the leaders, members and supporters of Fateh and Hamas movements to stop the daily bloody clashes in…
Family of a three detained sons appeals human rights groups to aid in freeing them
Under very difficult conditions, the three brothers Ra’fat, Izzat, and Mohammad Amin Turkman are imprisoned by the Israeli Authorities, while Ra’fat and Izzat are suffering from bad health conditions and…
Palestina Oggi 051707
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Palestine Today 051707
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Fashion under Adversity
Sitting among the audience awaiting the event to take place, I could not but have a smile on my face as I recalled the wording on the invitation. “Haute Couture”…
Palestinians protests against the Israeli army closer of their old city in Hebron
Scores of Palestinians took to the streets, on Thursday midday, in the old part of Hebron city in the southern part of the West Bank, demanding the Israeli army to…
Four Palestinians killed in Gaza in a series of Israeli Air Strikes
Seperate Israeli attacks on Gaza on Thursday calimed the lives of 4 Palestinians and wounded about 40 others. Seperate Israeli attacks on Gaza on Thursday calimed the lives of 4…
Clashes erupt in Rafah, killing two and wounding severeal others
Media reports and witnesses said that two people were killed and several were wounded during a shootout between Hamas supporters and personnel of the Fatah-linked preventive security forces in Rafah…
President Abbas heads for Gaza as relative calm observed
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to arrive in Gaza Thursday as the city sees relative calm following a ceasefire agreement on yesterday night. Abbas, also chairman of Fatah, will…
Barghouthi calls on media to avoid broadcasting inciting material regarding the infighting
Palestinian Minister of Information and spokesperson of the National Unity Government Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi called upon all Palestinian and Arab media outlets to refrain from over reporting and magnifying the…
Al Qassam Brigades continue to fire home-made shells at Israel
Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, fired at least 40 home-made shells at the Israeli town of Sderot and the Western Negev on Wednesday, according to the Palestine…
Palestinian man dies of wounds sustained during Wednesday’s clashes in Gaza
One Palestinian civilian was reported dead on Thursday midday due to wounds he sustained on Wednesday’s Hamas Fatah infighting in Gaza.Medical sources identified the man as Kareem Abu Meghasib, 24…
Nine Palestinian civilians kidnapped as army invades several West Bank areas
Nine Palestinian civilians were kidnapped during Israeli military invasions to several West Bank areas of Thursday morning. During the invasion to Nablus city and nearby Balata refugee camp Palestinian sources…
Palestina Oggi 051607
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Italian FM says EU considering sending peacekeeping force to Gaza
Italian Foreign Minister, Massimo D'Alema, stated on Wednesday that Italy would consider sending a peace keeping force to the Gaza Strip in order to stop the Palestinian internal clashes and…
Dr. Barghouthi slams attacks against ambulances in Gaza
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, slammed on Wednesday that attacks carried by gunmen against Palestinian ambulances in the Gaza Strip, and stated that one medic of the Palestinian Medical…
Palestinian Child Art center warns of affects of infighting on children
Dr. Sameeh Abu Zakia, director of the Palestinian Children Arts Center and an activist in the rights of children, called on all Palestinian political, educational, health and civil institutions to…
Dr. Barghouthi slams all attacks against reporters
Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, rejected on Tuesday all attacks against reporters and called for the release of journalists surrounded by gunmen in a building in Gaza, and the…
An Israeli air strike kills a Hamas fighter in northern Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed on Wednesday a Palestinian resistance fighter of Hamas and wounded three others moderately. Hospital sources said that Rami aL-Zaqzouq, arrived dead at the Kamal Edwan…
Clashes continue in Gaza despite calls and declared cease-fire
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered all Fatah loyalists to withdraw from the streets after clashes between the two main rival parties, Hamas and Fatah continued in the Gaza Strip despite…
Students at Harvard launch a campaign against Israeli General
A group of students and professors at Harvard University in the United States have launched a campaign against the former Israeli Army Chief of Staff, reserve General Dan Halutz.A group…
Palestine Today 051607
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Army detains five Israeli peace activists and injures a number of Palestinians
In a protest organized by local Palestinian peace groups against Israeli road blocks and checkpoints, Israeli troops detained five Israeli peace activists and injured a number of Palestinians on Wednesday…
16 killed in infighting in Gaza bringing the death toll to 33 this week
Palestinian sources have reported the arrival of seven new dead bodies to several hospitals as the clashes in the Gaza Strip intensify. The number of people killed on Wednesday now…
Israeli warplanes bombard a buildling in Rafah, killing seven
Israeli warplanes bombarded Wednesday a building, belonging to the executive force of Hamas, formed by the former interior minister, Saed Siyam of Hamas, killing seven executive force members and wounding…
Rafah police chief resigns over deteriorating security situation
Chief of the Palestinian police department of Rafah city, in southern Gaza, Zuheir Shahin, resigned today in protest of the deteriorating security situation in the Gaza Strip. Shahin said that…
Palestinian resistance attack Israeli army military post in central West Bank
A group of Palestinian resistance men opened fire at an Israeli military post near the central west Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday morning. Israeli media sources reported damage to…
Five Palestinian civilians kidnapped as army invades Nablus
A massive Israeli force invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus and a nearby refugee camp on Wednesday morning, kidnapping five civilians. Witnessed reported that troops attacked and searched…